Railway-rail.



M. DENIS. RAILWAY RAIL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, 1913. 1,095,460.

Patented May 5, 1914.

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MICHAEL DENIS, OF PARADISE, MONTANA.

' RAILWAY-RAIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1914.

Application filed November 29, 1913. Serial No. 803,731.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, MICHAEL DENIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at. Paradise, in'the county of Sanders and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rails, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in railway rails which are made in sections viz., a tread section and a base section, the same being separate and adapted to be assembled to form a complete rail.

It is the object of the invention to provide a strong anddurable .rail ofathis' kind,*and one having its sections s'dshaped that they can be easily and cheaply manu'l'adturcd.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved joint for the sections.

The herein stated objects are attained by a combination and'arrangement of parts to be hereinafterdescribed and claimed,,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- 7 Figure '1 is a perspective view showing the parts" constituting the rail assembled; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the rail showing the manner in which the parts break joint; Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section on the line 33 of Fig. 1, and Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are perspective views of the parts separated.

As shown in the drawing, the rail comprises a tread section consisting of a head 10 fromthe bottom of which depend spaced parallel flanges 11, which latter extend throughout the entire length of the section. The flanges are thickest at the top where they join the head, and they taper toward their lower ends.

The rail also has a. base section comprising base flanges 1-2 anda central upstanding web 13 extending throughout the entire length of said section. The base flanges are shaped like the base flanges of an ordinary rail.

Thctwo sections herein described are as sembled by slipping the tread section over the web 13, the latter fitting between the flanges 11. It will be noted that the flanges 11 terminate a short distance from the base flanges 12, and that the web 13 extends u to the head 10 and fits squarely against the ott-m ,thereof, "between the flanges 11. The contiguous portions of the web and the flanges are smooth, and the former fits snugly between the latter. The tread section is supported solely by the web 13, on top of which latter the head 10 rests. This gives the tread section a firm support, and a strong and rigid structure is produced.

The sections are assembled in break-joint order, and provided with fish-plates 14 at the joints. The fish-plates are located at the oints between adjacent tread sections, and also at the joints between adjacent base sections, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The fishplates are secured by bolts 15 as usual, and the bolt holes in the parts through which said bolts pass are elongated toallow expansion and contraction of the rail.

The top of the'fish-plate 14 fits snugly under the head 10, and the base 16 of the fish-plate seats on top of the base flanges 12.

The web of the fish-plate has an inside rib 17 at the base which fits snugly is. the angle between the web 13 and the base flange 12, between the latter and the bottom of the flange 11. braced, and made firm and rigid. v

By givingthe parts the shapeherein described they can be easily manufactured, it

Thus, the joint is securely being possible to roll them in the same manner ordinary rails are rolled. The sections can be readily assembled, and if the tread section gets worn down on one side, it can be removed and replaced in reverse position; or if worn on both sides it can be removed and renewed. Thus, it is not necessary to remove the entire rail, and a considerable saving in the maintenance costs is effected.

The base section ordinarily, is not subject to wear, and need therefore not be removed. The track can therefore be repaired at practically one-half the cost of repairs to a track composed of the ordinary one-piece rails. In the event of either section breaking, the rail will remain in position until repaired, whereas a one-piece rail would spread and loom up on the ends.

The structure makes what is practically a solid rail, and one which is strong and durable, and which can be used on curves, as Well as on a straight track. The rail can also be connected to any standard one-piece rail, and it can be cheaply manufactured.

I claim:

The combination of a sectional railway rail composed of a tread and a base section,

the tread section comprising-a head having depending, spaced parallel flanges, and the base section comprising a. base having an up;

standing web fittin betweenthe flan said flanges beinqlspaced from the base, and fish-plntes over to jointeof the res ive sections, said fish-plates fittin at t e top against the bottom of the hen. of the tread section, and havin a rib at the bottom fitting in the im'gle etween the web and the of base, between the latter and the bottom of r the tread section, t e lower extremities of the aforesaid flan es.

10 In testimony \v ereof I afiix my signature inpresence of twowitnesses. MICHAEL DENIS.

Witnesses:

Ivnn Hanson, N. J. Ducuscmmmz.

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